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Little L

Larry J. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:19:26 +0000

This cute little girl was brought in by her grandmother. Like all kids, you have to work with them a little. What was funny is that I actually got down on the floor next to her to show her how to pose. Whatever it takes to get the shot…

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Debbie’s kids

Larry J. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:12:20 +0000

I had the privilege of photographing Debbie’s wedding several years ago. She has kids now and brought them in for a Christmas session. Children are always a challenge, but when you put two together, it compounds the challenge. You just have to work with them and let them have some fun. It is very much, “go with the flow.” My concept when I talked to her on the phone was to do something with them reading a book. After we jumped them up and down several times, they settled down enough to look at Christmas book together.

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Eugene and guns

Larry J. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:55:55 +0000

Eugene called me on the phone one day interested in getting some portraits made. He told me about his interest in antique guns, particularly black powder. That gave me some ideas. At the session we did some “normal” pictures with the guns. Then I told him about my idea. I wanted to create something that had an “old west” feel to it. Think OK Coral. We fired up the fog machine and got a great shot.

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Amanda and Justin

Larry J. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:18:17 +0000

This one is from Amanda and Justin’s engagement session at our portrait gardens.

I asked Amanda and Justin if they could get in the hammock together. That was easier said than done. It took a couple of failed attempts but they finally managed to both stay in the hammock together. They got to talking and what resulted was a great photo of a young couple in love.

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Ashley and Ben Expecting

Larry J. — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:12:25 +0000

Okay, this would be one of the most unusual session I have photographed in a while.

I photographed Ashley and Ben’s wedding about eight? years ago. Since then, I have photographed a family portrait with them and their two dogs. I was excited to hear they were expecting. It’s always fun to see couples start families after you have photographed their wedding. Well, Ashley wanted some maternity photographs to chronicle this time in their lives. As I talked with here, it became clear that she was not looking for the normal, dramatic lighting, black-and-white, highly glamorized, maternity photographs. She was after something different. This is not unusual for Ashley. She wanted something outside and with buildings. As the session progressed, I began to catch “a vision” for what she was looking for.

Ashley specifically asked for an image that showed her “big ole belly”. Make it look big? No problem. I called this one, “the belly that ate Oklahoma City”.

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Larry J. — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:47:24 +0000

I got to photograph the CUTEST one year old girl the other day. Her mother had called earlier in the week and said she had few days off and needed to get this done. We managed to find a time in her schedule and we photographed her daughter outside. The variety of expressions we captured was amazing. The little girl just had fun looking at things and smelling flowers and the images were a great representation of her at this age.

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